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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health says years of intensive medical research is closing in on the exact cause of mysterious Nodding Syndrome disease amongst children in Northern Uganda. The government health agency says new clues strongly associating the disease with a group of parasitic nematodes, Filarial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been heightened inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Addressing the press on Friday, the Minister of State for Tourism Godfrey Suubi Kiwanda said that following the kidnap of an American tourist Kimberly Sue Endecott and her guide Jean Pierre Mingere, several measures have been …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Azulato Children’s Festival – organized by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/Ugandan German Cultural Society – is back for a second edition after it successfully captured the imagination of  Kampala’s children and their families at the first of its kind launched in May 2018. More hands-on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has approved $500 million (1.8 trillion Shillings) to support Uganda’s Refugee Programme. The grant will support Refugees and Refugee host communities through development projects that will support services such as Education and Healthcare. The World Bank Vice-President for Africa, Hafez Ghanem …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Central Bank has allayed fears that the ongoing investigations into the activities of Post Bank Uganda Limited could be unfavourable for customers and clients. A statement issued this evening by the Central Bank indicates that The Bank of Uganda is working very closely …

Ndejje, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 700 people have received free medical services, in a drive organized to precede Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi’s 64th birthday, this Saturday.  The main celebrations are scheduled to take place at Ndejje Secondary School in Luweero district. Most of the patients attended to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY FIVE reasons why Shs40 trillion budget is bad: Experts expose how Museveni is destroying economy: THE LAST WORD Our country’s misguided priorities: How the debate on Lubowa hospital exposes the self-indulgence of Ugandan elites …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Dr Chris Baryomunsi says the government requires sh1.7 trillion to address land evictions across the country in financial year 2019/2020. He argued that if the money is injected into the Land Fund, it could eliminate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan Law Professor, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has argued that Africa’s politics lost track after the introduction of multiparty politics. Lumumba, a renowned Pan Africanist says multiparty politics introduced in 1980s and 1990s diverted African politicians from politicking about ideas to politicking about money. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is seeking an additional funding of sh66.3 billion shillings to improve its operations. The request for more funds in the coming financial year 2019/2020 was on Thursday tabled before Parliament’s Finance Committee by the URA Commissioner General, Doris Akol. The …